Will the 4th generation iPhone SE be announced as early as mid-Februar – NIMASO

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Release date: late February 2025?

Reference: mobile-hoken, iphone-mania

According to multiple sources, it's highly unlikely that it will be released in 2024.

The iPhone SE4 is expected to be released in spring of 2025 at the earliest.

One of the reasons is that the iPhone SE 4th generation is expected to be based on the iPhone 14 series, so considering Apple's sales strategy, it is unlikely that the current iPhone 14 series and the iPhone SE 4th generation based on the iPhone 14 will be sold on the market at the same time. After all, it would be a smart sales strategy to sell the iPhone SE 4th generation after the iPhone 14 model has penetrated the public.

"The iPhone SE 4 features a high-quality appearance and a larger display size not seen in previous SE models, and appears to look similar to the iPhone 14."

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Image translation: The Action button is a user-configurable button above the volume buttons that was first introduced on the iPhone 15 Pro, replacing the mute switch. Current information suggests that Apple intends to make the "Action" button standard on all iPhone 16 models, and that it will eventually be included in the iPhone SE4. The current development status of the iPhone SE 4th generation suggests that the release date could be in 2025.

Also, according to leaked information from the US, the reason it cannot be released in 2024 is because there are rumors that the 4th generation iPhone SE will reuse the "action button" that will be installed on the iPhone 16. In order not to affect the sales plan for the new iPhone, which is customarily released around September every year, it is highly likely that the release of the 4th generation iPhone SE will be postponed until 2025.

SE series release date trends

Looking at the release trends of the SE series, the release dates for iPhone SE models already on sale are concentrated in March and April.

iPhone SE 1st generation: March 24, 2016
iPhone SE 2nd generation: April 24, 2020
iPhone SE 3rd generation: March 18, 2022
iPhone SE 4th generation: March-April 2025?

(Latest information: Announcement in the third week of February 2025, release in late February?)

Considering this, along with the predicted design of the new SE4, it is unlikely that the 4th generation iPhone SE, which is expected to adopt the iPhone 16's action button, will be released in the spring of 2024.

In the first place, we don't even know if the iPhone SE 4th generation will be released. There are rumors that Apple is developing a foldable iPhone, so there is a possibility that the new iPhone SE will not be released. If it is decided to release a foldable iPhone, it would be inconsistent to release the iPhone SE 4th generation, so there is no possibility that the foldable iPhone and the iPhone SE 4th generation will be on the market at the same time...

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Also, since Apple is focusing on MagSafe, if the iPhone SE 4th generation did not support wireless charging, it would be said to be lagging behind the current trend of ever-evolving charging styles.

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These are the reasons why the iPhone SE 4th generation cannot be released in 2024.

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